World Vision has worked for more than 50 years to help children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. HIV and AIDS are now jeopardising the hard won achievements of fifty years of work.
AIDS endangers a family’s health, a child’s future and a community’s efforts to have a reliable food supply, clean water, education, and economic development. As parents get sick and can’t work or grow sufficient food, children sometimes must leave school to care for their family’s needs.

The Hope Initiative aims to achieve its overall goal of reducing the global impact of HIV and AIDS through the enhancement and expansion of World Vision programmes and partnerships focused on HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and advocacy.